Legendary Dallas Cowboys Quarterback, Troy Aikman will finally have his number retired, but not in Texas. The Cowboys do not retire numbers, but his collegiate alma mater, UCLA does. It was announced today that his number 8 will become the ninth number retired by the UCLA Football program.
Aikman actually began his College career at the University of Oklahoma with Barry Switzer in 1985 and found himself as the starter as a rookie. Aikman would unfortunately suffer a broken ankle in an October game, causing him to miss the season and prompting the Sooners to utilize Jamelle Holieway, who was a great fit for Switzer’s type of offense. Oklahoma would win the National Championship that season.
Knowing that Holieway would remain the Oklahoma starter for some time to come, Switzer would help facilitate a transfer to UCLA and after sitting out 1986 as a redshirt he would take over the pivot role in 1987 for the Bruins.
In UCLA, Aikman would prove to be the top Quarterback in the Nation, taking the Bruins to a 20 and 4 record over his two seasons and throwing for 41 Touchdowns and 5,298 Yards, which were impressive numbers by any standards.
As a Junior, he would lead the Bruins to a win in the Aloha Bowl over Florida and would nab the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. The following season, he would win the Cotton Bowl with a convincing win over the Arkansas Razorbacks. That year, his senior year, saw Aikman finish third in Heisman Trophy balloting and winning the Davey O’Brien Award as the Nation’s top Quarterback. The consensus All-American would enter the NFL Draft, and go first overall by the Dallas Cowboys, where he would take them to three Super Bowl Championships.
Aikman is a member of both the Pro Football and College Football Hall of Fame. We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Troy Aikman at this time for this honor.
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